Kant: A Very Short Introduction

• An accessible introduction to one of the most influential, but complex, modern philosophers
• The best introduction aimed at the non-specialist
• Kant is widely studies on philosophy courses, but considered on of the most difficult philosophers
• Roger Scruton is a controversial and well-known philosopher

Readership: Anyone interested in Kant's philosophy, as well as students of the tradition of Western philosophy.

Roger Scruton, formerly Lecturer in philosophy 1971-79, Reader 1979-85, Professor of aesthetics 1985-92 at Birkbeck College, University of London

Review(s) from previous edition

"Roger Scruton faced perhaps the most intractable task of all in giving an elementary account of Kant's philosophy ... but he does it extremely elegantly and neatly. - Listener

1.: Life, works and character
2.: The background of Kant's thougt
3.: The transcendental deduction
4.: The logic of illusion
5.: The categorical imperative
6: Beauty and design
7.: Transcendental philosophy
Further reading, Index